CCIS Signs Expo 2027 Participation Agreement: Business Platform Launched, Business Caravan to Follow

The Chamber of Commerce and Industry of Serbia (CCIS) today signed an agreement on its participation in the specialised Expo 2027 Belgrade, creating the conditions for stronger involvement of the Serbian business community and for concrete business activities as part of the specialised exhibition.

The agreement was signed at the Playground venue at the Belgrade Fair by CCIS President Marko Čadež and Danilo Jerinić, Director of Expo 2027 d.o.o. Beograd. They announced the official launch of a business platform designed for all companies wishing to present themselves as part of the specialised exhibition and connect with international partners.

The platform is available through the Expo website, enabling Serbian entrepreneurs and companies to register and present their products, services, experience and capacities in one place. International participants will be able to browse their offers and contact companies that match their needs.

Čadež and Jerinić also announced the organisation of a Business Caravan, which will visit municipalities and cities across Serbia. Through direct meetings with businesses, the initiative will present the business opportunities offered by Expo 2027 and ways in which companies can get involved.

“The partnership between Expo 2027 and the Chamber of Commerce and Industry of Serbia did not begin today. It began on the day we started working to bring Expo to Belgrade. We have already spent several years working together, thinking ahead and defining what we want to achieve through Expo and what Serbia can gain from it. This partnership can be summed up in three words: opportunity, partnership and growth,” said Čadež.

“As the Chamber of Commerce and Industry of Serbia, it is important for us to send every business a clear message, both today and through this partnership, about what needs to be done ahead of Expo: to clearly define what they want to present to the world and to prepare well for meetings with global companies,” the CCIS President added. He stressed that companies should identify the markets and partners they are interested in, while connecting them with potential partners is a task for the CCIS.

He pointed out that the greatest business opportunity Expo brings to Serbia is the possibility of achieving a “quantum leap” in just three months — something that would otherwise take years, if not decades. Čadež noted that, in addition to GITEX, the world’s largest technology trade show, which will hold its Belgrade edition as part of Expo 2027, Serbia will also bring other leading international trade fairs and business events to Belgrade.

As part of Expo 2027, CCIS will have its own pavilion, which, according to Čadež, will serve as one of the key centres for presenting the Serbian economy and connecting domestic companies with international partners.

Ahead of the signing ceremony, Čadež also held an online meeting with Saul Singer, co-author of the book Start-Up Nation and one of the world’s best-known authors and experts on innovation, entrepreneurship and the development of startup ecosystems. The discussion focused on the potential of Expo 2027 to connect Serbian companies, startups and innovators with the global business and investment ecosystem, as well as on how Serbia can use the event to strengthen the international positioning of its business community.

Following the signing ceremony, Danilo Jerinić, Director of Expo 2027 d.o.o. Beograd, said that the business programme for Expo 2027 will include six thematic business forums and a two-day Global Business and Technology Summit, as well as more than 250 bilateral business events, more than 900 delegation visits and more than 50,000 business meetings.

“The value of this programme will also be reflected in what follows: new contracts, supplier partnerships, investments and joint projects,” said Jerinić.

He particularly highlighted the arrival of GITEX, noting that the event will further expand opportunities for Serbian technology companies and startups to meet international business partners and investors.

The specialised Expo 2027 Belgrade, under the theme “Play for Humanity – Sport and Music for All”, will take place in Belgrade from 15 May to 15 August 2027. More than 140 countries, including the United States and Japan, have confirmed their participation in the exhibition in Belgrade. Around four million visitors are expected.